The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7386 p152
4 February 2006

Society summary

Bayliss On 19 January, Leslie William Bayliss, MRPharmS, aged 90, of 19 Cliffords Way, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire SL8 5TR. Mr Bayliss registered in 1944.

Dubois On 29 January, Eric John Houston Dubois, MRPharmS, aged 74, of 7 Meadow Way, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 9TH. Mr Dubois registered in 1962.

Hall On 13 September 2004, Letty Hall (née Wood), aged 91, of 9 Pear Tree Close, Marple Bridge, Stockport, Cheshire SK6 5ER. Mrs Hall registered in 1934 and retired from the Register in 2003.

Tribute

Stone In a tribute to the late Charles Mark Stone (PJ, 21 January, p91), MAURICE JACKSON writes:

I was sorry to read of the death of C. M. Stone of Jersey at the age of 96. I qualified in 1953 and after completing my postgraduate apprenticeship at JR Cave Ltd, Southport, I applied and was successful in securing my first job at Mr Stone’s pharmacy at 39/41 Bath Street, Jersey. “Charlie”, as he was affectionately known by his peers, was probably the most successful pharmacist and businessman it has been my privilege to meet. He employed two pharmacists, four technicians, shop assistants, an optician and a photographic manager.

In those far-off days before the advent of a health service in Jersey, Stones Pharmacy would receive telephoned prescriptions after the doctors had completed their morning rounds. The patients’ requirements were then delivered east and west of the island at lunchtime and in the evening. No other pharmacy offered a similar service and Stones Pharmacy quickly became the mainstay of the community and a benefactor to the health of the island.

Most of Charlie’s original workforce has now passed on and his demise concludes the history of most successful pharmacy the island is ever likely to know.